2020 ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 - 6)

PS 1 - Agriculture

Conservation biocontrol of the coffee berry borer in Puerto Rican coffee farms
Jannice Newson, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan; John Vandermeer, University of Michigan
Above and belowground community responses to infrequent compost applications in semi-native and improved pastures
Shelby McClelland, Colorado State University; Meagan Schipanski, Colorado State University
The contribution of foliar fungi to agricultural soil microbiomes in an organic cropping system
Derek R. Newberger, University of San Francisco; Naupaka Zimmerman, University of San Francisco
Heterosis in the maize B73 x Mo17 cross depends on soil microbiota
Maggie Wagner, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas; Clara Tang, NCSU; Fernanda Salvato, NCSU; Kayla Clouse, University of Kansas; Alexandria Bartlett, NCSU; Shannon Sermons, NCSU, USDA-ARS; Mark Hoffmann, NCSU; Peter J. Balint-Kurti, USDA-ARS, NCSU; Manuel Kleiner, NCSU
Climate realities and media conversations: Water availability for cannabis agriculture in California’s North Coast
Kaitlyn Spangler, Utah State University; Betsy Morgan, Utah State University; Christina Morrisett, Utah State University; Jacob Stuivenvolt Allen, Utah State University; Nancy Huntly, Utah State University; Mark Brunson, Utah State University; Simon Wang, Utah State University
Chemical and organic farming methods alter ant activity during the Michigan growing season
Stephanie Clark, Michigan State University - Kellogg Biological Station; Jackson Helms IV, USDA-ARS; Jamie Smith, Michigan State University - Kellogg Biological Station; Kathleen Knupp, Michigan State University - Kellogg Biological Station; Nick Haddad, Michigan State University
Global crop diversification through the Anthropocene epoch
Rachel Mariani, University of Toronto Scarborough; Adam R. Martin, University of Toronto Scarborough
Knowing the clouds through the land: Perceptions of changes in climate through agricultural practices in two Nahua indigenous communities
Gonzalo Martínez-Herrera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Andrea Martínez-Ballesté, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Rosa I. Trejo-Vázquez, Instituto de Geografía, UNAM; Ana Isabel Moreno-Calles, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Fernanda De Alba-Navarro, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Seed coat impacts on soybean plant trait expression and fitness
Kelsey McGurrin, University of Maryland; Kimberly Komatsu, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; John D. Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Karin T. Burghardt, University of Maryland, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Spider mite responses to corn drought tolerance and levels of irrigation
Cody L. Barnes, Utah State University; Alice Ruckert, Scotts Miracle-Gro; Julian R. Golec, Corteva Agriscience; Ricardo A. Ramirez II, Utah State Univeristy
Does genetic variation lead to trait variation in an alternative agroecosystem?
Jenny Trafford, Eastern Illinois University; Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University; Isabella Lopez, Eastern Illinois University
Agricultural landscape composition linked with acoustic measures of avian diversity
Adam Dixon, University of Maryland, Baltmore County; Erle Ellis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Matthew E. Baker, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Global manure nutrient production during 1960–2016: A 5-arcminute gridded global dataset for Earth system modeling
Bowen Zhang, Ball State University; Hanqin Tian, Auburn University; Kade Dentel, Ball State University
Carbon and water use efficiencies under rainfed cropping practices in a semiarid region
Nicanor Saliendra, USDA ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory; Mark A. Liebig, USDA ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory; David W. Archer, USDA ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory
Sustainable land management in South Carolina: Implementing cover crops for increased ecosystem health
Lucas Clay, Clemson University; J. Carl Ureta, Clemson University; Katharine Perkins, Clemson University; David Cheplick, Clemson University
Habitat and caste-specific differences in midgut microbial communities of the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Ronalds Krams, Estonian University of Life Sciences; Tatjana Krama, Daugavpils University; Indrikis Krams, Daugavpils University
Mixed cover crops on Mycorrhizal fungi
Yvonne N. Byrd, Weatherford College
Allelopathy in birdsfoot trefoil pasture establishment
Nathan Blake, West Virginia University
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